Been reliably red for three decades. But baldersons team says he was able to hold his own and do well enough to eke out a win. And hes paid special thanks to President Trump. Id like to thank President Trump. America is on the right path, and were going to keep it going that way. Reporter again, this was a race that too close to comfort for many republicans, and its a race thats soon to be repeated. Both candidates will face each other again come november. Jason carol reporting there. Well, Democrat Danny Oconnor was up beat when he spoke to his supporters late tuesday, and he took a swipe at President Trump. We made our case for change. Were going to make that case tomorrow. Were not stopping now. Tomorrow we rest, and then we keep fighting through to
A recap of the days news. Gets checked. 8,500 votes roughly still to be counted and sorted out. The Secretary Of State says 5,048 outstanding Absentee Ballots, 3,500 provisional ballots. The question is does it change this . In most elections it does not. These tend to stand. But this one is pretty close. 1,766 votes. The republicans will be breathing a sigh of relief tonight but the lawyers, the Election Lawyers will be involved tomorrow. Bill, always great to have you on the show. Of course were covering key races in five states but the major contest is the Ohio Special Election in the congressional 12th district where Republican Troy Balderson fought a very tight race in a seat that should have been safe for republicans. Remaining 8,400 and some ballots. The absentee and provisional ballots would have to be pretty overwhelmingly for oconnor for him to make up that margin. So i wouldnt say its impossible, but its going to be difficult for oconnor to win. But in any case theyre going to fight again because theyre both on the ballot in november. The difference is this. In november if balderson is the incumbent, hell have the advantage. Incumbents do very well in special elections. Reminder supporters this will be fought again in november, and this is what President Trump tweeted. After my speech on Saturday Night there was a big turn for the better. Now troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. He will win big in november. So, bill, was this a great victory as the president suggests, and can mr. Trump take all the credit for baldersons numbers improving . Not all the credit. Maybe a little. But thats all balderson really needed. When he endorsed balderson, and weve seen this happen in several races across the country, there is a trump effect. He has a very loyal base. Its a majority of the Republican Party. When he endorses a candidate, wave seen it again and again and we saw it today in several states, it drives out the republican base, the conservative base that are loyal to trump they come out and they basically act upon his direction. In this case they voted as he suggested for mr. Balderson. And would you say the Ohio Special Election was a referendum on the Trump Presidency as some have suggested . Not entirely, no. Because the democrat Didnt Make Trump an issue. He knew that its a republican district and that trump is very popular in that district and voted for him by 11 points. So the democrat did not run on the issue of donald trump. He ran on the issue of medicare, on the issue of health care. He talked about inequality. He talked about a lot of things but not donald trump because he knew trump had a lot of appeal among voters in that district. Bill, i want to look at some numbers. Lets look at what outside groups spent. More than 5 million was spent on the republican candidate while around 1 million on the democratic candidate. What does that tell you . What happened in that district was that spending among republicans certainly was primarily by outside groups. The democrat and the republican, it democrat actually raised more money for his own campaign than the republican did. The democrat had a lot of volunteers, had a lot of people who were sending in small amounts of money, but there were huge interest groups, independent Spending Committees not controlled by the campaign that spent money on behalf of the republican candidate. Were going to see this again
and again all over the country. Its really nationalizing american politics. Every race, everywhere is going to be a National Contest about donald trump. Bill snyder, always great to get your analysis. There is another nailbiter right now in the republican primary in kansas, another trump backed candidate chris kobach is neck and neck with jeff colyer. You may remember donald trump picked kobach to investigate nationwide claims of voter fraud, but that Commission Found noeds of that. Either kobach or colyer will face laura kelly in november. And in Missouri Republican state attorney general josh hawley will face twoterm incumbent Claire Mccaskill in november,
and mccaskill could face an Uphill Battle in missouri. And in michigan cnn projects Gretchen Whitmer will be the candidate for governor. Whitmer will face the Republican Attorney general bill scutte in the november election. The race is too close to call, but if she prevails she will run unopposed to replace former representative john con yryers. An extra marital affair and admissions of tax evasion. Faces a grueling crossexamination, that is next. Plus will President Trump and the north Korean Leader meet for a second summit . Why the u. S. National security advisor now says it is a possibility. And with new u. S. Sanctions in effect President Trump issues a warning to anyone thinking of Doing Business with iran. Were back in just a moment. Dont go anywhere. Youve tried moisturizer after moisturizer but theres one. That blows them all out of the water. Hydro boost water gel from neutrogena®. With Hyaluronic Acid it goes beneath the surface to plump skin cells from within and lock in hydration leaving skin so supple, it actually bounces back. The results will blow you away hydro boost and our gentle exfoliating cleanser from neutrogena®
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trump in a speech to supporters just a few hours ago. Democrat Danny Oconnor says he will keep fight. Another big story were following, the correct of the prosecutions witness came under attack in court tuesday. Rick gates was a deputy and now testifying against the former Trump Campaign chairman. Reporter back on the stand admitting during a harsh Cross Examination to having an extra marital affair a decade ago but denying accusations by Paul Manaforts lawyer he was embezzling money from manafort in order to fund his affair. And what the defense referred to as a secret life in london elsewhere. After two weeks after Donald Trumps election Paul Manafort recommended that his banker,
stephen cox become secretary. He detailed how broke he was when he joined the Trump Campaign in march 2016 working at the time for no salary. He said his Consulting Firm had no clients there and was trying to secure a contract in ukraine. Manafort was clearly frustrated, wtf manafort wrote to gates. How can i be blindsided like this, manafort says. Gates admitted that he also supplied false information to banks in order to help manafort secure bank loans. Gates testified that manafort made more than 5 million between 2011 and 2012. Doing consulting work for a ukrainian billionaire. Gates went into detail about how
shell companies were used to move money into hidden accounts in cypress. In one instance according to gates a payment supported lobbying in the United States. Gates stated that manafort reported some of the payments to u. S. Tax officials as loans, though they were in fact income. Adding that manafort was quote trying to decrease his taxable income. Prosecutors demonstrated that manafort directed these activities through emails. There were hundreds of these, gates said in court. Adding quote, typical practice was mr. Manafort would send me a list of wired requests. Gates admitted he used information provided by manafort to create invoices for fake amounts of money for wire transfers. But the money never actually went to the vendors. Instead it went to the banks. The purpose of this, according to gates, so that the wire transfers would not be recorded on u. S. Business records. Nonetheless on monday the
prosecutors elicited testimony from mr. Gates and one of mr. Manaforts accountants that tied him closer to russia. The accountant testified in 2006 mr. Manafort received a 10 million loan from oleg deripaska. She said she saw no evidence the loan was ever repaid. Throughout Paul ManafortsAttorneys Focus has been on undermining the credibility of rick gates, saying why should the jury believe him now considering the fact he has lied before, admitted to lying before to federal prosecutors. Rick gates answer is that hes taking responsibility now for those mistakes. And there was a powerful moment in the trial today where he said that is a choice Paul Manafort has not taken as well. Jim sciutto, cnn, at the courthouse in virginia. President trump is prepared to meet with kim jongun again
at any point. That is according to u. S. National security advisor john bolton. And he told fox news that the president is not alone. The Secretary Of State mike pompeo is prepared to go back to north korea to meet with kim jongun. Weve proposed that in our most recent letter from the president to kim jongun. The president is prepared to meet at any point. But what we really need is not more rhetoric. What we need is purchase from north korea on denuclearization. Lets bring in cnns will ripply who joins us now live from hong kong. Good to see you, will. Why are we seeing this push for a second summit with kim jongun given very little progress was achieved as a result of the first summit. What are the benefits and what are the drawbacks for doing this . Well, the north koreans blame the United States for lack of progress since the first summit. They feel since his most recent trip to pyeongyang mike pompeo
went in there what they view with a list of demands. And yet the north koreans say they havent seen anything in return from the United States in terms of a willingness to lift sanctions gradually, and more importantly perhaps the Security Guarantee that a peace treaty ending the korean war would allow. They want guarantees that kim jongun is going to stay in power and be safe as the north Korean Leader for many years to come if north korea were to take the step of denuclearizing, something they see happening over a very long period of time. They feel the negotiations with President Trump and the north Korean Leader kim jongun went very well, that the two leaders had a good rapport, and that his lower Level Administration officials, the rapport was not good. The visit was described as really a disaster by some people who viewed Secretary Pompeo as being snubbed when kim jongun didnt meet with him. What a sort of mine is saying that the north koreans feel the best deal is direct with them with a facetoface meeting withPresident Trump and and his Security Advisers saying hes open to doing that so saying a second summit is possibility between the two leaders. Well watch to see if that indeed does occur. Will ripply joining us live from hong kong. Many thanks. Well, President Trump is warning other countries to review iran or they wont be Doing Business with the United States. He tweeted were the boast biting sanctions ever and adding he wants world peace nothing less. Meanwhile the iraqi Prime Minister says theyll not violate the sanction but added iraq does not support sanctions against any country. And well get back to our Breaking News after a short break. Donald trumps popularity put to the test in elections across the United States. Plus california is just in the middle of its fire season,
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